Boxing-glove.



R. P. NIXON, JR. BOXING GLOVE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN.26, 1914. 1,098, 124.

Patented May 26, 1914.

:n En STATES PATENT rica.

ROBERT E. NIXON, JR., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE A. REACH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOXING-GLOVE.

Specification 'of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Application led January 26, 1914. Serial No. 814,525.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT F. Nixon, Jr., citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxing-Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to provide a boxing glove which will protect the wrist of the user from injury.

The invention consist-s in the features and combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the glove embodying improvements, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the inner side or face of the glove showing the lacing undone and the iiaps thrown back.

Heretofore boxing gloves have been provided with a padded cuff connected to the padded main portion, but an objection exists to a glove of this form, in that at the point of juncture between the padded cuff and the main body of the glove the wrist of the user has been more or less exposed to injury because of the lack of padding at this point due to the manner in which the two parts have been built up and connected together.

My invention is designed to provide a supplemental pad bridging the point or line of juncture between the main body and the padded cuff so that the back of the wrist will be fully protected against injury from blows delivered upon or received from the opponent.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, 3 indicates the main portion of the glove, which is padded as usual, and which consists of an exterior leather covering 4, and an interior textile portion 5, these being united or connected at the front of the receptacle 6, in which the hand is located, this receptacle being inclosed by the flaps 7 held together by the lacing 8. In the known form of glove a cuff which is also padded, is attached to the main body of the glove at the point where the outside and inside covering portions 4 and 5 are brought together, namely, on the line or at the point 8. The cuffI comprises an outer and an inner covering 9, 13, the latter being stitched to the inner covering 5, and after the cufl:l is padded or stuffed the edge of its outer covering portion is stitched to the closed end of the main body portion. This leaves a narrow unprotected crevice or zone at 8, and exposes the wrist or back of the users hand to injury.

In carrying out my invention I employ a supplemental pad which bridges this narrow Zone, and in applying this I employ a strip or sheet of textile fabric 11, the end 12 of which is stitched to the inner covering 5, at 12, this being done before the main body of the glove is closed, or before or after the stutling has been placed therein. The other end or edge of the sheet of material 11 is stitched to the inner covering or wall of the cuff portion before this is closed, and before this stitching at 10 is done the space between the sheet 11 and the inner Walls or coverings 5 and 13 of the main body and cuff respectively is stuffed with a filling material, as

hair, indicated at 14. The strip or sheet 11 is stitched at its side edges along the dotted lines 15, 16, Fig. 2, so as to attach the said sheet to the inner covering portion 5 and 18. fter this supplemental pad has been formed by stufng the space within the sheet 11 it is stitched at 10, as above described, and then the cuff is closed by stitching its cover at the zone 8, this stitching connecting the forward edge or portion of the covering of the cuff to the rear portion or end of the main body.

I do not limit myself to the exact way of securing the parts together at the zone 8. It will be noted from this construction that the supplemental pad 14 bridges the juncture point of the main body and the cuff and extends to a considerable distance on each side of the zone 8, so that the Wrist of the user is' well protected at this point.

It will be observed that the space 6 for receiving the hand is not in any way obstructed or reduced in size because of the use of my supplemental wrist pad, because this pad is arranged between the inner and outer coverings 4, 5, and 9 and 13. This supplemental portion may be filled with material packed slightly tighter than that of the main and cuff portion if desired, though I do not limit myself in this respect.

I claim as my invention:

1. A boxing glove consisting of a main and a cuff portion, both of which are stuffed and are connected together, and a supplemental pad bridging the juncture of the said body portion and culi and lying Wit-hin the said parts, substantially as described.

2. In combination in a. boxing glove, a stuffed main portion and stuffed cuff portion, each composed of an inner and outer covering layer, said portions being connected together, and a supplemental pad consisting of a sheet of material lyingbetween the inner and outer covering portions oi" the cuff and main body, and connected with the inner coveringl of said portions and filling material between the said sheet and the inner Walls or covers of the said main and cuff portions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT F. NIKON, JR.

Vitnesses JOHN GAMBLE, R. E. THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

